Orrin Hatch: “One of the most startling statistics is to find almost 4 million kids out of the 23 million children in our country…”

“One of the most startling statistics is to find almost 4 million kids out of the 23 million children in our country between 12 and 18 have been abused. It is unbelievable. A study conducted by the Bureau of Prisons found that 76 percent of defendants convicted of child pornography or of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sex with minors, admitted to undetected sex crimes, with an average of 30.5 victims; on average, 76 percent of people convicted of child pornography or of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sex with minors, admitted to undetected--in other words, crimes that nobody knows about--sex crimes with minors with an average of 30.5 additional child sex victims. Every one of them. It is time we get tough. This bill is a tough bill, as it should be.”